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title: "10 U.S.C. § 1432"
description: "Election of annuity: former members of armed forces"
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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
chapter_number: "73"
chapter_name: "ANNUITIES BASED ON RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY"
section: "1432"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 1432 - Election of annuity: former members of armed forces

## Text

A person who was a former member of an armed force on November 1, 1953, and who is granted retired or retainer pay after that date, may, at the time he is granted that pay, make an election as provided in section 1431 of this title.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 109.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 143237:372(a) (5th sentence).Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 393, § 3(a) (5th sentence), 67 Stat. 502.